#nostr tell me what are your thoughts about sharing photos of your kids online? Considering AI, future facial recognition issues, etc. As a parent understanding the bleeding/cutting edge of this technology, what obligation do we have to our children to not share pictures of them on social media?
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Facing this shortly. We have family signal chats on both sides of the family and will share photos in there.
Photos will inevitably bleed out from there, but we won’t feed the Instagram/FB beast ourselves like at least I did in my coming of age with the dawn of social media. We also don’t plan to be fundamentalist if crazy aunts/uncles post photos.
This seems like the best balance.
A good balance for sure. I showed Grandma this video because she was sharing it weekly. It's a little "extra" but maybe not. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh_rVpn3CIk
Almost unavoidable. I try not to, though have once with some oversized emojis for eyes. But all of my effort is for nothing when all the other places the kid attends take photos and videos and post them on their socials. I hate it but I’m one of the only weirdos who is “paranoid”.
That and the grandma does what grandparents do, despite me telling her not to.
Birthday parties and activities seem to be the most difficult. I'm the same... paranoid in my group too. I showed grandma this video and got her to stop... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh_rVpn3CIk
I knew this was the right place to ask. Thanks for the reply!
Photos that show their faces I never put online, full stop.
Same. I won't voluntarily allow it.
Feels bad to say but not posting photos due to these fears seems pointless. Your kid will get tagged and associated to you regardless of what you do. There are that many surveillance cameras around that unless they will live under a mask their face is out there. At best you'll be able to prevent your friends making memes / AI videos with your baby's face. But, more sophisticated actors have what they need.
Agree. I think it comes down to the level of sophistication to your point. Technology will only get easier to use and things will get cheaper and easier to access. We know big tech and intelligence have them. AI and cheaper tech gives less sophisticated people access to it.